{"id":1457,"date":"2024-04-18T12:51:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-18T10:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.breradesigndistrict.it\/2024\/news\/uncategorized\/quella-volta-in-cui-milano-ha-rischiato-di-perdere-il-suo-simbolo\/"},"modified":"2026-05-28T11:58:21","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T09:58:21","slug":"","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.breradesigndistrict.it\/en\/news\/curiosita\/quella-volta-in-cui-milano-ha-rischiato-di-perdere-il-suo-simbolo\/","title":{"rendered":"When Milan risked losing its symbol","raw":"When Milan risked losing its symbol"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The Castello Sforzesco risked demolition, did you know that?<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

The Castello Sforzesco is one of the largest in Europe and was built in the 15th century by Francesco Sforza.
Today it is a much-loved symbol of the city, but how come in the past there were plans to make it disappear?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was a popular petition that demanded its demolition in 1796, as a symbol of the \u2018ancient tyranny\u2019, and it was Napoleon who accepted the popular unease and ordered its total demolition by decree on 23 June 1800.
Work even began on the side towers and the Spanish bastions, but fortunately it was not completed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In spite of this, popular discontent persisted and demolition was attempted again, with a planned residential quarter in its place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If we can still admire our beloved castle today, it is thanks to the work of the architect Luca Beltrami and the Societ\u00e0 Storica Lombarda ETS, of which he was vice-president, who restored it to the splendour of the Sforza seigniory in 1905.<\/p>\n","protected":false,"raw":"\n\n\n

The Castello Sforzesco is one of the largest in Europe and was built in the 15th century by Francesco Sforza.
Today it is a much-loved symbol of the city, but how come in the past there were plans to make it disappear?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was a popular petition that demanded its demolition in 1796, as a symbol of the \u2018ancient tyranny\u2019, and it was Napoleon who accepted the popular unease and ordered its total demolition by decree on 23 June 1800.
Work even began on the side towers and the Spanish bastions, but fortunately it was not completed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In spite of this, popular discontent persisted and demolition was attempted again, with a planned residential quarter in its place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If we can still admire our beloved castle today, it is thanks to the work of the architect Luca Beltrami and the Societ\u00e0 Storica Lombarda ETS, of which he was vice-president, who restored it to the splendour of the Sforza seigniory in 1905.<\/p>\n"},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false,"raw":""},"author":2,"featured_media":2275,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_it_post_content":"\n\n

Il Castello Sforzesco \u00e8 uno dei pi\u00f9 grandi di tutta Europa fu eretto nel XV secolo da Francesco Sforza.
Oggi \u00e8 un amatissimo simbolo della citt\u00e0, ma come mai in passato si era pensato di farlo sparire?<\/p>\n

Fu una petizione popolare a chiederne l'abbattimento nel 1796, in quanto simbolo della \"antica tirannide\", e\u00a0fu Napoleone ad accogliere il malessere popolare e ad ordinarne con decreto del 23 giugno 1800 la totale demolizione.
Iniziarono addirittura i lavori sulle torri laterali e sui bastioni spagnoli, ma fortunatamente non fu portato a compimento.<\/p>\n

Nonostante ci\u00f2 il malcontento popolare incalzava e fu tentata nuovamente la demolizione, al suo posto vi era un progetto di quartiere residenziale.<\/p>\n

Se oggi possiamo ancora ammirare il nostro amato Castello \u00e8 grazie all'operato dell'architetto Luca Beltrami e alla Societ\u00e0 Storica Lombarda ETS, dic ui era vice-presidente, che lo sottopose ad un'opera di restauro, riportandolo nel 1905 alo splendore della signoria degli Sforza.<\/p>","_it_post_name":"quella-volta-in-cui-milano-ha-rischiato-di-perdere-il-suo-simbolo","_it_post_excerpt":"Il Castello Sforzesco \u00e8 uno dei pi\u00f9 grandi di tutta Europa fu eretto nel XV secolo da Francesco Sforza.\r\nOggi \u00e8 un amatissimo simbolo della citt\u00e0, come mai in passato si era pensato ad una demolizione?","_it_post_title":"Quella volta in cui Milano ha rischiato di perdere il suo simbolo","_en_post_content":"\n\n\n

The Castello Sforzesco is one of the largest in Europe and was built in the 15th century by Francesco Sforza.
Today it is a much-loved symbol of the city, but how come in the past there were plans to make it disappear?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was a popular petition that demanded its demolition in 1796, as a symbol of the \u2018ancient tyranny\u2019, and it was Napoleon who accepted the popular unease and ordered its total demolition by decree on 23 June 1800.
Work even began on the side towers and the Spanish bastions, but fortunately it was not completed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In spite of this, popular discontent persisted and demolition was attempted again, with a planned residential quarter in its place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If we can still admire our beloved castle today, it is thanks to the work of the architect Luca Beltrami and the Societ\u00e0 Storica Lombarda ETS, of which he was vice-president, who restored it to the splendour of the Sforza seigniory in 1905.<\/p>\n","_en_post_name":"","_en_post_excerpt":"","_en_post_title":"When Milan risked losing its symbol","edit_language":"en","footnotes":""},"categories":[827],"tags":[893,901],"class_list":["post-1457","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-curiosita","tag-castello-sforzesco","tag-storie-di-quartiere"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.breradesigndistrict.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1457"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.breradesigndistrict.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.breradesigndistrict.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.breradesigndistrict.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.breradesigndistrict.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1457"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.breradesigndistrict.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1457\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15648,"href":"https:\/\/www.breradesigndistrict.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1457\/revisions\/15648"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.breradesigndistrict.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2275"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.breradesigndistrict.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1457"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.breradesigndistrict.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1457"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.breradesigndistrict.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1457"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}